SONGS YOU MUST HEAR BEFORE YOU DIE, Nº2
MUDHONEY - TOUCH ME, I’M SICK (1988)
Writer: M. Lukin, M. Arm, D. Peters, S. Turner
Album: N/A
Often overlooked in retrospectives, Mudhoney have nonetheless been called “the band that made grunge rock possible.” When Sub Pop became a full-time working label in 1988, “Touch me, I’m sick” was their calling card.
Featuring Mark Arm’s sleazy shrieks and a simplistic guitar riff distorted out of all proportion, the song is an aural representation of what “grunge” might look like if you met it after midnight in a spit-and-sawdust bar. Mudhoney have continued to make albums, but this remains their signature song.
